nobel
German, adjective/ˈnoːbəl/
nobel is spelled N-O-B-E-L (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nobel is a German adjective meaning “noble, honourable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “reich und zugleich vornehm”.
What does nobel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
noble, honourable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. reich und zugleich vornehm 2. edelmütig
prefix: 1. umgangssprachliches Wortbildungselement, das in Verbindung mit Substantiven die besondere Exklusivität ausdrückt, meist leicht spöttisch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nobel
- nobler masculine nominative singular
- am nobelsten superlative
- noble feminine nominative singular
- nobles neuter nominative singular
- noblen genitive masculine singular
- noblem dative masculine singular
- der noble definite includes-article masculine
- die noble definite feminine includes-article
- das noble definite includes-article neuter
- die noblen definite includes-article nominative
- des noblen definite genitive includes-article
- der noblen definite feminine genitive
- dem noblen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nobel?
- /ˈnoːbəl/
- [ˈnoːbl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nobel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nobel in German?
nobel appears 2.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).